Holding the key to the story is Haruka’s son!?Famitsu wednesday is back and this week is wild!
We learn about Haruka’s son, born in secret, Haruto.

Thanks as always to super fan Chelsea for doing these because this is crazy!

Directly from famitsu:

Having become involved in all kinds of incidents with the protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, Haruka has spent more than 10 years with him. The child Kiryu holds, Haruto, is a child she bore in secret. How did Haruto come to be born, and who is the child’s father? There are many things of interest, and we will explain on the next page what we can tell at this stage.

Top left: Haruka is the victim of a hit-and-run on the outskirts of Kamurocho. The criminal has yet to be apprehended, and it is uncertain whether or not she will regain consciousness. Overwhelmed by the hopeless news, Kiryu is faced with another reality.

Top right: It is said that Haruka was protecting someone when she was involved in her accident. Date takes Kiryu to paediatrics department of the hospital she’s at, where he finds a baby.

Bottom left: The child’s name is “Haruto Sawamura”. Haruto, with his angelic smile, is said to be Haruka’s child, but the identity of his father is unknown. The sole clue is said to lie in Onomichi Jingaicho, where Haruka is missing.

Now that Haruka is in a coma, the only one who can take care of Haruto is his mystery-enshrouded father. Haruto in his arms, Kiryu heads to Onomichi Jingaicho, following in Haruka’s footsteps during his search through the town

In Onomichi Jingaicho, he encounters members of the Hirose Family, an organisation under the Yomei Association. From the left is Yuta Usami, lieutenant Tsuyoshi Nagumo, and Takaaki Matsunaga. It seems as though they become involved with the visiting Kiryu, but why…?

Kiryu is attacked in Onomichi Jingaicho by a mysterious organisation that pursues Haruto. With the reason they’re after him shrouded in mystery, Kiryu becomes personally involved in the lives of a variety of people who live in Onomichi. And then there’s Kanji Koshimizu, the Yomei Association lieutenant who has the aura of a man who thirsts for blood. Will he end up somehow connected to this man in the future, too?

Left: Toru Hirose, leader of the Hirose Family, senior within even the Yomei Alliance. Pay attention to how he becomes involved in the lives of Kiryu and Haruto.

Middle: Kiyomi Kasahara, a woman Kiryu meets in Onomichi Jingaicho. The owner of a snack bar, what kind of connection does she have to Haruka?

Right: In addition to the mystery of Haruto, the story also involved a “secret” concealed by the people of Onomichi. Carrying all of these mysteries with him, Kiryu heads in even deeper.

Asking general director Toshihiro Nagoshi!

About RGG6’s story

The amazing information that this is the final chapter in the legend of Kazuma Kiryu has already been revealed, but Haruto’s appearance and Tokyo Game Show 2016’s new information have become a talking point for RGG6. The core parts of the story begin to show themselves, which will surely lead people to have even more questions. In this RyuSoku, we bring you an interview with Toshihiro Nagoshi of Sega Games, creator of the Ryu ga Gotoku series and general director of this game (denoted as Nagoshi in the text). We dig even deeper than the interview conducted ater the conference in July.

[Haruto was a fitting theme for a game that leads to the end]–Lots of new information has been revealed since the conference at the end of July. What have the fans’ reactions been like?

Nagoshi: We announced that we were bringing Kazuma Kiryu’s story to an end for the time being, but we also said at the same time that this had no bearing on what happens to the Ryu ga Gotoku IP from here onwards. It was an easy to misunderstand message, but right now it seems like the fans understand what it really meant, which I’m grateful for. All that’s left now is this article, and to bring everyone lots of new information at Tokyo Game Show 2016.

–I was shocked at the appearance of Haruto, to be honest.

Nagoshi: I’ve actually always wanted to do a drama in which a baby appears. People might say it doesn’t fit the image of something like Ryu ga Gotoku that deals with conflict in underground society, though. This fear stopped me from doing it. We’ve kept on with our own challenges as the series has progressed, however, and expanded the Ryu ga Gotoku drama little by little, which made me think it might be about time that it would be okay to do it. Because of this culmination in the past, we ended up bring in the baby Haruto. As a lead-up to the end of the drama portraying Kiryu and Haruka’s life, I thought it was fitting for a baby to make its appearance. Thinking about it now that development has entered its final stages, nothing about it feels at all out of place as a Ryu ga Gotoku story. Add to this a cast headed up by Beat Takeshi, and it gets even more interesting. As always, there are many scenes with manly punches in them, but I think we also managed to portray the other side of the coin.

–The depth of the story has increased, too?

Nagoshi: I think that’s exactly it. Of course, the fans will have many different opinions, I’m sure. First of all, though, I’d like them to play the game and feel it. I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks about the story. In addition, RGG6 is a game that serves as a turning point for Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, including the Ryu ga Gotoku series, so I’m also looking forward to seeing how people view the story.

–The game’s subtitle is “Song of Life.” – I feel like the meaning of it has shifted a little with the inclusion of Haruto. At first I thought it was referring to Kiryu…

Nagoshi: What we’re focused on this time is totally “the final chapter in the legend of Kazuma Kiryu”. But all people have “life”, whether friend or foe, so in terms of this being a drama that interweaves those lives, it’s not a case of one or the other (laughs). It’s true that the story has a lot to do with the ties between parents and children. I think life also has connotations of “succession”. “Life” is a word with such a broad meaning. If you simply enjoy the drama rather than getting hung up on the word choice, I’m sure you will be satisfied with what lies within.

[A satisfying video made to play at the theatre during Tokyo Game Show 2016]–Haruto’s appearance is shocking, of course, but what happened to Haruka is, too.

Nagoshi: Haruka became an idol in RGG5, but when looking back on the story since RGG1, there surprisingly haven’t been many big changes. In RGG1 she’s someone with such a presence that you constantly have to think about her at the centre of things, but not so much in the games that come later. In that sense, she’s someone you’ll be worrying about a lot for the first time in a while, ever since RGG1. That includes Haruto too, of course. When I thought about the composition of a story centred around them, I thought it would be best to have Kiryu as the sole protagonist. Being bold and narrowing it down like that definitely made the drama and battle feel deeper, and I think it was a good decision.

–Thinking about it again, RGG6’s set-up is quite similar to that of the first Ryu ga Gotoku.

Nagoshi: That’s right. Oddly enough, they even have the same release date (laughs). I hope that people who played the first Ryu ga Gotoku feel the emotion of the last 10 years and think, “Ahh, so this is how Ryu ga Gotoku has turned out as a series.”

–Much of the details revealed here are included in the video to play at the theatre during Tokyo Game Show 2016. What do you think the quality of it is like?

Nagoshi: Even if I say so myself, I think it’s made in a satisfying way (laughs). Myself and the staff always get together to think up and create a video or trailer from the initial composition, but the more the game grows in size I can’t help but have desires. IT’d be easier if we made it like a normal movie trailer, but with Ryu ga Gotoku we not only have to stir people’s interest but also explain what kind of story it is. It’s so difficult to choose which scenes to cut. The video we have for the theatre this time is a long one, but even then we made it with clean cuts, and I can say with certainty that it’s something amazing. I really think it’s befitting of a game we worked so hard to make.

–What are the highlights, by the way?

Nagoshi: I’d like people to imagine it for themselves, but it has to be what the relationship is between Haruka and Haruto, and who his father is. Also, what is Onomichi’s mystery? By the way, in RGG6 Kiryu ends up solving many things by himself, which is rare for him after having been caught up in so many incidents. In the latter half of the story in particular. I hope people all check it out and see this. We also have a playable demo at Toyko Game Show 2016, so I hope people actually play it for themselves.

–What parts of RGG6 can you experience in the demo?

Nagoshi: At the start, you can choose between Onomichi Jingaicho and Kamurocho. In Onomichi Jingaicho, you can experience a battle with Nagumo, played by Hiroyuki Miyasako. If you select Kamurcho, you can play something called “premium adventure mode” in which you can freely play a variety of different play spots, including things introduced in this article.

–Battles using the PlayStation 4’s capabilities are something I’m very interested in.

Nagoshi: We’ve made it calculate where the receiver is when Kiryu uses a move and this controls his movements, so the battles are really realistic. You can also go straight into a heat action when an attack connects, so there’s no mistaking any of the moves. Now that it’s seamless, this also means that there are absolutely no loading times, so you can see the drama, do battles, then enter and leave buildings and sometimes leap from high places. These movements are all tied together now. In battles in the past, Kiryu’s position and other things were cut or reset in terms of convenience. Here, though, the next scene or battle has to start right afterwards. This processing alone made it huge. It was worth it, though, and it feels completely different to play.

–You can tell this by playing the demo.

Nagoshi: If you actually play it for yourself, the feeling of hitting and being hit come across better than ever before. If you get too strict about it, though, the playability suffers. We carefully preserved the Ryu ga Gotoku style of being able to feel exhilaration even just by mashing the buttons. I hope people experience this in the demo.

Mini Games

The “Clan Creator” revealed here is one of the play spots. Played out in the two locales of Kamurocho and Onomichi Jingaicho, it includes the series’ first team vs team battles. Within this play spot, Kiryu finally ends up establishing his own family, the Kiryu Clan! In Clan Creator, you can use network mode to challenge and defend against other players, as well as attempt unique missions.

What kind of game is Clan Creator?

You will assemble a variety of comrades in Kamurocho and Onomichi Jingaicho, raising the Kiryu Clan and partaking in team battles including many participants. During battles you will give the appropriate commands to your comrades (family members and boss), with your primary objective being to wipe out your enemies. A tactical mindset is also important as you pay attention to your own team’s health as you bring down the huge number of your opponent’s family members!

The “Clan Creator” revealed here is one of the play spots. Played out in the two locales of Kamurocho and Onomichi Jingaicho, it includes the series’ first team vs team battles. Within this play spot, Kiryu finally ends up establishing his own family, the Kiryu Clan! In Clan Creator, you can use network mode to challenge and defend against other players, as well as attempt unique missions.

What kind of game is Clan Creator?

You will assemble a variety of comrades in Kamurocho and Onomichi Jingaicho, raising the Kiryu Clan and partaking in team battles including many participants. During battles you will give the appropriate commands to your comrades (family members and boss), with your primary objective being to wipe out your enemies. A tactical mindset is also important as you pay attention to your own team’s health as you bring down the huge number of your opponent’s family members!

Wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling have been cast as the evil organisation Justis!

The ultimate goal of Clan Creator is to defeat Justis, the biggest gang team in Kamurocho. Appearing as the Justis execs, the fearsome so-called “Six Madmen”, are wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling! The members, as shown below, each boast overwhelming strength in the game, too. Modelling the Six Madmen on real-life wrestlers will bring a realistic individuality to the entire game, and is a point to take note of.

Naturally, as you progress through the in-game missions, direct confrontations with them surely await. For those pro wrestling fans who just can’t wait, you may be able to progress through Clan Creator before the main RGG6 game…!?

Gain new comrades through battles and strengthen your organisation!

As you progress through Clan Creator, the most important thing is the composition of your organisation. If you don’t create the Kiryu Clan taking into account your comrades’ cost and skills, abilities and personalities (soldier types), it will be difficult to defeat groups that contain many strong enemies. Appoint a boss who possesses a variety of family members and grow your family (unit). There is also a level component, so it’s important to strengthen your comrades through battle, too!

Hiroshi TanahashiThe ace of New Japan Pro Wrestling. He mesmerises fans with the moves he performs using his tight, overwhelming body. Look out for his position within Justis!

Kazuchika OkadaAn ace known by the pseudonym of “Rainmaker”. He accrues popularity within New Japan Pro Wrestling with his prodigious physical abilities and handsome looks. What kind of personality will this orthodox wrestler bring to an evil organisation?

Hiroyoshi TenzanA wrestler who made his name in the world of professional wrestling as a leading heel (villain). Perhaps he is by far the most fitting of all of the wrestlers to appear in Clan Creator!?

Tetsuya NaitoAfter an excursion to train in Mexico, his abilities awoke in an explosive manner. He possesses a fierce rebellious streak, but his strength is indisputable. Does his personality make him the best match for Kiryu’s rival!?

Satoshi KojimaA sworn friend of Hiroyoshi Tenzan’s, the two have tagged together on many occasions, and he is a wrestler who puts up a fierce fight in singles matches. His wide variety of moves is his characteristic. His relationship with Tenzan within Justis will be interesting.

Toru YanoA heel wrestler who is notable for his fiercely tough fights, but he also often displays a more comical side, making him beloved by fans. What side will he show in Clan Creator?

Kiryu Has A Smart Phone?!

It has been learned that Kiryu’s smartphone in the game will be the new model of Xperia. Beginning with phone calls and email messages that have been used in previous games also, you can do things you would do with a real smartphone, like take photos with the camera. On the following page, we will explain in detail what kinds of things the smartphone can be used for.

Email conversations with a variety of characters

As well as of course conversing with hostesses, you will be sent important hints via email during the progression of the game. This function, which also appeared in previous entries in the Ryu ga Gotoku series, can of course be used in this game as well. However, whereas in the past Kiryu would mostly only read emails, in this game he is a little different. You can reply to messages that you receive, meaning that you can communicate with people who email you!

Take photos and selfies using the camera function!

Except during battle or events, you can photograph a variety of scenes. Using the share function you can upload them to Twitter or Facebook, sharing your photos with other players.

Use social networking to gather information!

By accessing social networks on your smartphone, you can gather a variety of information. For example, if something occurs – as in the photo – somebody will post about it on a social network. If Kiryu sees this post and heads to the place where the incident occurred, an event is triggered… and more. In most cases, information on trouble that happens around town will be spread via social network, so check it now and then.

Work out to become the strongest

Appearing as one of the new play spots is the sports gym. Here you can take part in the Rizap challenge, and by passing it you can strengthen Kiryu’s muscles. Pay attention here to “Rizap”. Yes – this is a sports gym which involves the full cooperation of Rizap, known from their TV adverts. Will the player themselves controlling Kiryu’s training result in them making the commitment, too!?

Just like creating real muscles, in RGG6 you can choose from a menu of six training options to strengthen different areas. Another thing of note is that the mini game is different for each of the training menu items. The results of your training depend on your grade in the mini games, so it might be a good idea to train for the ability you want using the mini game you’re best at?

Just like creating real muscles, in RGG6 you can choose from a menu of six training options to strengthen different areas. Another thing of note is that the mini game is different for each of the training menu items. The results of your training depend on your grade in the mini games, so it might be a good idea to train for the ability you want using the mini game you’re best at?

Pay attention to the emails your receive from your trainer!

After eating, a message will arrive on Kiryu’s smartphone from his trainer. If you are summoned to the sports gym, make sure to go. If you don’t check your results at the gym, Kiryu’s muscles won’t get stronger.

The results of the Rizap challenge come along with “that” familiar song!

If you perform the relevant training and eat, then go to the gym, your trainer will finally announce your results. Of course, the song that plays at this time is the one you all know. What kind of results can Kiryu commit to? The thrilling moment approaches!

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28 Comments

DoctorMario
on September 14, 2016 at 5:04 pm

So not only was Haruka once again sidelined from the main plot again, after FINALLY introducing her as a fully fledged character in a series she’s been a leading character in for years, now she’s been reduced not only to being The Damsel AGAIN but also further robbed of her importance by making her just the extension of some infant and some mystery dad who we don’t even know.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but between this and the mess that was Majima’s domestic abuse “plot twist” in the last one, I’m gonna pass on this one unless some magical spoilers come to me saying it’s not really her son, but someone Haruka was protecting for a change. The disrespect toward women is enough already. And I’m a GUY, so I can only imagine how girls following this series must feel. Jesus.

I’ll save my opinion for the final game and I get what you’re saying but I do understand the imagery and story they’re going for in this one. It’s the end of Kiryu’s series. The game has always been about protecting others and Haruka gets kidnapped literally every game. I’m excited to see what they can pull off. I’m more excited to see if we can recruit female members for the build a clan!

Yeah it’s not so much the kidnapping/haruka in peril concept itself, so much as EVERYTHING that seems to be coming with it. Like I mentioned to another replier, if she turns out to be in trouble because she’s protecting someone else’s kid, at least she’d have more agency in how things went down then her being stuck because she happened to be pregnant.

But to make her JUST the mom to some baby, and then throw her in a coma, seems like a huge step backwards after her being a playable character in 5. Like maybe if she hadn’t been, this wouldn’t feel so blatantly off to me, weirdly. And it would still be bad, but I don’t know if I would’ve noticed as much if they hadn’t seemed to start going in a new direction with her, only to backpedal in this one worse than ever before.

And it would definitely help to have female yakuza in the clan system….. Honestly, just any female characters like that to balance things out. I would honestly have shit to say if there was even one lady yakuza badass around, because then it would just be different strokes. As opposed to the only strokes.

Hi Mario, yes, I come month after your comment but and I wanted to tell you that you think almost EXACTLY like the way I think about Haruka. I have the impression that Nagoshi decided to made Haruka pregnant, have a baby and all just to serve the story, just because he don’t had the time to imagine an other story, he took Haruka as a connection to Kazzie returning to the “underworld” if I can say ….

Anyway, I don’t even know if you will answer me back so I’m stopping here but if you’re answering me, can you give you PSN ID or something to talk in private ? I know who’s the father, what is the ending of RGG 6 for Kazzie and Haruka but I don’t want to spoil nothing on Yakuzafan so if you could give me your ID, we could talk about this more “openly”.

But yeah, for me this RGG is a deception, from what I saw, I have the impression that Nagoshi betrayed the character he created over 10 years for serving the story, Haruka deserved better than what she had in RGG 6 (the end, without spoiling, prove it IMO), anyway, hope you’ll see my message and that we could talk more later.

Are you serious? “The disrespect toward women”? Where exactly is the disrespect towards women? Throughout the entire series she’s been either a teenager or a little kid, what the hell do you want her to be doing? Fighting gigantic Yakuza gangsters like Kiryu because muh gender equality? Seriously dude I’d stop trying to be such a white knight. If you actually bothered to do research on the role of women within Yakuza – particularly the wives of Yakuza members – you’ll know how *trigger warning – be warned* patriarchal the Japanese organised crime world is. If that’s something that offends you, then by all means stop playing the game, rather than giving yourself a reason to be upset over something so goddamn trivial.

Here’s a tip: stop listening so much to frauds like Anita Sarkeesian. Have a good day, Mr. I Feel So Sorry For Ze Womyns.

Oh El Shitlordio, I love it when people respond to opinions about a piece of fiction they had nothing to do with making, and respond like a startled kid who was personally attack because wah-wah, someone’s criticizing Kiryu when I’m trying to lap at his face through the screen.

If you’d bothered to pull your head out of your own ass long enough to actually read what I said El Shit, not only would you probably stop being a walking definition of Butthurt, you’d also realize I pointed out that she’s relegated to this role AGAIN. Meaning, in case that’s still too complicated for you, that in the last game she wasn’t JUST a damsel.

She was a main character and had a plot about HER. She could’ve been kidnapped six times and it still would’ve been about HER. And no, she didn’t have to be kicking and punching to be a main character or feel like more than a total damsel, what a dumb scale. According to you you’re either a Mishima or sleeping beauty, and there’s no in between?

Honestly that just sucks for you then, because I’m judging that with how you’re so terrified of criticisms against things you like that you start typing like some weird 11 year old from 2005 who hasn’t figured out no one thinks he’s funny, that you’d definitely fall under the Disney Princess who needs a warning before people’s posts umbrella.

I’ll be over here, trying to hold video games to a higher standard because it’s an actual serious art form that won’t get any better or more innovative if we coddle balls and let things stay the same.

Whatever. Good luck out there, and try not to touch anything too sharp. Can’t have a splinter getting through that thin skin, Aurora. lmao

The thing is, there’s nothing to be so ass-blasted about as there are no reason to try attack anyone with funny words about age etc.

Because… that guy is right. Ryu ga Gotoku was always a Kiryu’s story first and foremost, with some side-stories here and there. Seeing “disrespect to women” when there aren’t any is not good thing. Following this white-knighting SJW trend of searching for some non-existant bullshit to call “offensive” is not a good thing either.

All you people talk the same, I swear. So I guess it makes sense that you’d all be equally happy playing the exact same stories about the exact same kinds of people for the rest of your lives. And then you say I’m a white knight on a bandwagon? Who’s the one using keywords instead of making their own points here, hint; it’s not me.

You guys are like some weird circlejerk of candy-ass bs that cant handle it if people don’t praise things you have nothing to do with even making.

But whatever. I’ve afforded more replies than you guys deserve, honestly, if you’re not going to do anything more than repeat the same bullshit from your “I hate new things” handbook you were handed at the 4chan convention for people who can’t form opinions on their own.

I’ll respond to the other people on here who bothered to write their own words, but that’s it.

I don’t disagree with everything that was said by DoctorMario. The game really could benefit from some female characters that are not sexualized/don’t need rescuing. That being said, we still don’t know the full extent of the game’s plot and what will and won’t happen to Haruka in it. For all we know she ends up saving Kiryu at some point.

Most of your arguments in this thread fall apart when you either blatantly make false assumptions about women or complain about sjws. Op made some interesting points that should be discussed and lumping him in with extreme (false) feminism just for an interest in how women are conveyed in a video game is juvenile.

Haruka got put into a coma because (as seen in the trailer) she was protecting the baby. Putting your own life at risk to save a child is one of the bravest things anyone can do. In no way is this “disrespecting women” but in fact, showing how strong and brave Haruka was despite not being as monstrously strong as Kiryu Kazuma. Haruka is no idiotic damsel-in-distress. A damsel-in-distress would have been in distress because of their own stupidity and uselessness, something Haruka is not.

“damsel in distress” has never meant stupid. Just a girl whose helpless. If Haruka is defending just ANY baby, then yeah I’ll agree this wouldn’t be what it says on the tin. My problem is that apparently they’ve made it that she’s only in this mess cause she happened to get pregnant, and is only being “strong” because of motherly instincts, when she could just. you know. be strong.

“Majima’s domestic abuse ‘plot twist'”
You mean how he slapped the taste out of his wife’s mouth for killing their unborn child without giving him any say at all in the matter? Seems like a reasonable reaction to me.

Woaaaaaaaaah there… please do us all a favor and don’t get married to anyone. I don’t care what your gender is or who you’d be marrying, just don’t do it if you think there’s ever a good reason to slap the taste out of your spouse’s mouth for anything but self defense. Holy shit. Who raised you?

Alright, whatever. Damn. I’m definitely out of here if the crowd contains people at this level of crazy. There’s definitely no trying to have any kind of conversation when people are going to butt in with creepy shit like this.

But before I go, YakuzaFan, while I would fight tooth n nail to defend the people who I was arguing with’s right to keep their comments on here, even if I think they’re just dumb recycled opinions, I think we should probably draw a line at comments defending domestic abuse.

Honestly, those idiots going around saying violent video games are corrupting society definitely don’t need any help from us pushing that idea onto other idiots, and TheGamingGoddess’ comment is about as helpful to them as it gets.

I’m genuinely astonished that all of this came from what my original comment. Just saying I wasn’t going to buy a game for my own reasons that I wasn’t trying to push on anyone. Some of you guys seriously need help learning that you shouldn’t be personally offended because someone’s disappointed with or dislikes something you like. Grow up.

(and seriously TheGamingGoddess, please don’t get married. I shudder to think of what you believe your kids would deserve if they pushed you far enough)

Calling it a plot point was blowing it out of proportion, for one thing. It happened ONCE. Majima regrets it, Park spent years regretting what she did that caused him to do it. From your phrasing Majima had a secret past as some horrible habitual wife-beater which is untrue. So there’s that cleared up. For another thing, you don’t seem to have a grasp of how humans may act when under heavy emotional duress. I didn’t say it was an *acceptable* reaction, thanks for putting words in my mouth to make me sound like a piece of shit but that seems like your MO in all your comments, I said it was a *reasonable* reaction. I would suppose you’ve lived a pampered or sheltered life without any cares or conflicts or have some kind of developmental disorder if you can’t understand people acting like people. Perhaps turn off your TV and computer, go outside and have some real human contact, hey? Getting this worked up over a fictional girl and people disagreeing with you about her is probably unhealthy.

PS: for the record, I am a woman and I concur with A Passerby Pug. Do not continue to presume you know how women think if you’re a man. We’re not all insane feminists trying to brainwash men into worshiping us and we’re not all spineless waifs who need men to speak up for us. In conclusion: just stop.